Winter on the Hudson River

Winter on the Hudson River

Winter on the Hudson River

This piece draws from Benson John Lossing's 1866 classic The Hudson, from the Wilderness to the Sea, documenting a strikingly different winter landscape along the Hudson River compared to modern times.

Lossing describes arriving at Peek's Kill Bay on a cold moonlit evening, where "the river presented a smooth surface of strong ice" and young skaters glided across the frozen expanse. The following morning brought crowds of all ages enjoying winter sports—skating, ice-

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